Vehicle-wheel.



W. S, PLUMMER;

VEHICLE WHEEL.

APPLwATIoN FILED 1212.29, 1908.

916,009. Patented Mar. 23, 1909.

entri sfriarns WILLIAM S. PLUMMER, 0F ST.. LOUIS,'MIS'SOURI.

VEGLE-EL Y Speccation of Lettere rPatent.

Patented March 23, lOS.

Applicaties sies sammy 29, ieee. serial no. einen.

To all whom it may com ern:

Be it known that I .W'ILLIAM Ls...@@Uivnunn,

a citizen oi' the United States of America,v

telly, which sockets are suiiiciently large asto make it unnecessary to reduce or chamfer 'the ends of vthe spokes An example of this class of Wheels' is to be 'lou'ndirfmy Patent No. 857,200 dated'ilune 18, i907.

l My present invention consists in the particular way in which the sections' of thev telly are litted and secured together andy to the adjacent ends of whichha've, respectively,

tire, and to the manner ol' forming the sockets, the object being' to secure the best results at` the least Figure I is a detai the outer. ends of the spokes, part ot' the fell and part of the tire oi my improved whee Fig. II is a section taken on line II-II, Fig. I. Fig. III is a detached, detailed, enlarged view of the interenofaging ends of two sections of the l'elly. llligs. IV, .V and VI are views corresponding` to viewsI, II and III and showing' a slight modification inthe fol:- ination of the intere agaging ends of-two sec7 tions oi the lolly.

In the accompanying drawings: l represents the outer ends oi' shoulderless spokes of a Wheel, 2 the`ielly, and 3 lthe tire.

i The folly is composed of metal sections, the

1possible expense.

channels 4 and offset tongues 5 that interiit to revcnt lateral movement of one section wit relation to the other; y

The channels. 4 preferably extend from spoke to spoke', thereby making practlcally a hollow felly all, theway around the Wheel which 4adds lightness and lfirmness' to the telly. At the spokes, however, the channel sections that are secured toO'ether and to ther d View showing part of Y of the telly closed, as shown at @,so that the sockets 7 in which the spokes litv are closed at their outer ends to 'form rm seats for the spokes. The inner ends of the sockets are also; beveled so that the ends, of the spokes are com ressed. .Theenc'ls et? the sections ofthe fe ly are secured togetherand to the tire 3 which is seated against the sock ets and the intertted ends by means of through bolts or rivets 8, thereby'malin -a strong permanent union between the elly and the tire aswell as between .the different sections of the tell i V If it becomes diesirable. to renew one or more spokes, the tire can be easily taken olf, and the section of the telly, with which the -daniaged spoke connects, removed to permit the re air and if it is desired, this repaircan be Istill more readily done by formingA the telly, as shown in Figs. IV, V and VI wherein the sides of the channel 4 are cut away at the tongues 5 and the tongues are of the width of the folly and thus any section of the felly can he taken out Without removing the metal sections having interlocking tongues and channels, a ltire surrounding the folly, and bolts connectingl the telly to the tire at th'e ovcrla )ping points of the tongues and channels, su stantlally asset' forth.

2. In a vehicle Wheel, a fel-ly com osed of inctal sections,I a ti'e surrounding t e felly and bolts connecting the telly to the tirewhere the sections-'of the former join; said4 folly having sockets provided with internally beveled and closed outer ends to receive the' plain should'erless spokes of the wheel, subs stantially as set forth.

3. A vehicle wheel comprising a felly composed of sections each forin'ed'with an olset tongue at one end, a channel at the other end receiving the adjacent' o set tongue, and.

interinediatcsockets closed at their outer ends', a tire seated` against the tongues and the closed ends'of the sockets, and bolts extending through the, tire, through thc touffues andthrough the ends of the sections b. receiving the tongues;

1. In a vehicle wheel, a felly composed of 4. A vehicle Wheel comprising a fiellyoomand bolts extending through the tire, through posed of sectlons euch formed with an offset the tongues and through the ends of the see-- tongue alt one end, a channel at the other 1 tions receiving the tonghues.

end receiving the adjacentoffset tonmle, and I WILLL S. PLUMMER. l5 intermediate sockets beveled and oosed at I In the presence oftheir outer ends, a tire seated against the LILY RUST,

.tongues :md the closed ends of the sockets, H. G, COOK. 

